Improvement in curtain-fixtures



UNITED f STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. R. P. CROSS, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

i l IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,096, dated August 14, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLLAM R. P. Gaoss, of Portland, in the-county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new j and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures;

and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andA exact description thereof, which will enable others to make ,and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part .of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the'eurtain-roller with one portion of my invention connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a tas sel with the other part of my invention seen therein.

The object of my invention is to produce a means of easy and ready attachment and detachment of the cord to and from a curtain roller and tassel.

Myinvention consists, first, of a bent wire which is connected with a curtain-roller, and which has a ring and hook', second, of another straight wire passing through the head of the tassel, and which hasa frictionhook`` and a swivel. l

Particular reference to the accompanying drawings will show clearly the nature ot' my invention and the 4method of application of the two parts. 1

A shows a curtain-roller of the form commonly in use, and which has at one end there of two trucks orcircular pieces, which are `united by a short shaft, and which also has a pivot projecting from its ends, which pivot is intended for insertion into the window-jamb.

a b are the trucks, and c the pivot.

d denotes a piece of bent wire having a ring at one end, which is passed over the pivot c, and is then inserted through a hole madein the truck b, as is indicated by the dotted lines. This wire has on the end projecting into the space between the two trucks aand b a hook,

fr Upon the other end of the cord, or the end which is attached to thetassel, is a straight piece of wire, which passes through the hole in the head of the tassel. f

B shows the ,head of the tassel; h, the piece of wire passing through the head thereof. Upon the upper end of this wire is a frictionhook, and upon the lower end a ring, into which isattached a swivel or swinging crossbar.

i shows the hook, and j the ring and swivel. The end of the tassel-cord that is attached i ly together.

to the curtain3roller has a knot, as seen in the drawings. i

By introducing the cord into the hook f the cord is retained therein by the knot, and can be easily withdrawn by movin g ita little to one side, so as to take the cord out of the hook.

The hook i holdsthe other end of the cord, when the cord is wound around the hook,in the following manner: First, passing the end of the cord between the two parts of the hook, winding it around, and again passing it between the two parts of the hook. Thus the tighter the cord is drawn the closer it will hold itself, the hook pressin gthe doubled cord close- By pushing the cord downward out of the friction-hook it can be released from the wire.

The swivel j is attached by forming a ring thereon, which interlocks the ring on the straight wire h. This swivel can be pulled through the hole in the head of the tassel by turning the swivel parallel with the straight wire, and it holds the wire in the hole by being left suspended crosswise ofthe same, as illustrated in the drawings. Thus by these appliances the cord can be connected and disconnected with and from both the curtain roller and tassel without tying or untying, and

with ease and celerity.

When curtains are taken down or removed from the windows inconvenience results from the user being obliged to remove curtain, roller, cord, and tassel altogether. The cord becomes tangled with the roller, and often requires adjustment, when replaced, before the curtain can be raised and lowered.

With my invention the cord can be quickly slipped out of the hookf on the roller, and the curtain and roller then more conveniently taken' down, and when a cord has become worn and broken a new one can `be readily attached to both roller and tassel by the abovedescribed arrangement.

What I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the bent wire having the ring and hook with a curtain-roller sheave, as and for the described purposes.

2. The combination of the wire h, having the friction-hook i and swivel j, with a curtaincord, tassel, and roller, in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses: W. R. P. GROSS. WILLIAM H. CLIFFORD, HENRY 0. HOUSTON. 

